The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-12-07
NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN

N 10 NOhiiuS liltO ldSulOn again.
Enamel is being largely used in Jew.
elry.
There are 100 girl students at Cornell
University.
Felt hats are exceedingly fashionable
this season.
Black trimmings are the fashion of the
moment in co ored fabrics
A high class college for women is to
be established at Denver, Colorado.
New winter mantles are frequently in
redingote shape with visite sleeves.
Tea gowns are ornamented with silver
bells, the traditional ornaments of folly.
Silk embroideries, passementerie and
oraidlng are the favorite trimmings of
the season.
Velvet cloth is a new wool fabric with
thick pile-ike velvet, and is sometimes
called cardinal cloth.
Miss Lucy Salmon, the new Professor
OF History at NaSsar is a fine looking
blonde with clear, open face.
A tiny bar of Roman gold. tipped at
each end with handsome diamond,
makes one of the richest of lace pins.
Rain fringe" to-wit: Long close
strands of small jet beads with scarcely
any heading, is a fashionable garniture.
Lady preachers are said by the Chris
tan Regi,tsr to be largely used by the
Unitarian sect, and are doing "a strong,
earnest, and, in many respects, remarka-
BILE work in the West"
Miss Rigden, of Detroit, is the latest
of H. II
gown for woman is the insignia of serf-
dom, and advocates either trousers or
knlckerbockeIs for the fair sex.
Jackets of whatever shape, are favored
by ladies of all ages for general wear and
are worn by young ladies on all occa.
slons The short mantle wraps are, how
ever, favored by all but very young girls
for dressy wear.
The loo girls employed in a Liver
pool factory have been organized into
fire brigade with regular apparatus and
drill They ha several times demon.
strated their efficiency when the factory
was threatened with destruct on.
The most novel style of trimming foi
bonnets consists of plush flowers of the
most exquisite tints of pink, rose, and
hellotrope, also pale yellow shaded TO
to deep orange. The foliage IS not of
plush, but is very soft and velvety.
The Empress Augusta, of Germany. is
more than 75 years Of age and has not
changed the style of her dress for the
last 20 years. She still wears the same
dark brown wig, and recently at the
opera was dressed in a white brocade
gown, and wore white cap of plush on
her head instead of bonnet. Around
her neck she wore a chain of large EN-.
eralds.
The New York Sun says: ''There is
wailing among the buttonmakers. The |
gorgeous buttons that have Illuminated |
lahies' dresses by the dozens and do ems |
are going out of fashion. The correct |
thing now is to conceal the fastenings. |
RoAes and boxes of buttons lie unsold on
the shelves of the dealers. But-such |
are the compensations of the trade-the
hook and-eye sellers are delighted"
In the northwest of India and Dude |
lady doctors are coming prominently into |
notice. Nearly ~, 900 cases were treated |
at eleven missionary dispensaries, and |
900 women sought relief at Mrs. vii. |
sons spensary at Agra; 10, $50 women !
and en- ldren were treated at the Thnmp- |
son di,pensary at Agra. The lady doc |
tor in charge performed successfully |
some very important surgical opera !
tions.
Hats have greatly changed in shape |
since the summer. The crown, instead |
ol being high, is now quite low, and the |
brim is very broad, and slant ng in |
front. while at the back it is very mar
row, and slightly curled up at the edge.
The couture, following suit, is also much
lower than in the summer, massed at the
back OF the head in thick loops and
rouleauX, while in front short bandeaux
are combed off over the temples.
Besides her literary tastes, Queen Mar
garet of Italy is much interested in art,
and deyotes large portion of her private
income to the purchase of paintings and
statuary. She is also something of a
poet, and now and then reads aloud to a
select audien e some of the verses which
she has thrown II during a moment of
leisure, between reception at the palace
and state dinner. Her lines flow along
harmoniously with an exquisite finish,
and often the poetical images are painted
with richness of color that is astonish-